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Nonbanks and Smaller Firms Growing GSE Market Share

Fannie and Freddie issued a whopping $705.7 billion of single-family MBS during the third quarter, smashing a record that had been on the books for 17 years. (Includes two data charts.) Read More

MBA Says First the Backstop, Then the Exit

The trade group reiterated that Fannie and Freddie should not be permitted to exit conservatorship until further systematic, wholesale and long-term reforms are made permanent. Read More

FHFA Gets an Earful at Capital Rule ‘Listening Sessions’

Industry stakeholders said FHFA should find tremendous value in the CRT program as it reduces systemic risk by distributing risk across many investors and transactions. Read More

Fannie CRT Yields New Understanding of Forbearance

Wells Fargo and Chase together accounted for more than half of all borrowers exiting forbearance in July, Wells Fargo Securities found in its deep dive into new, loan-level data on Fannie Mae’s Connecticut Avenue Securities. Read More

How to Reduce Interest Rates? Join an FHLBank

An economist finds that, when community banks gain access to FHLB advances, competition in local markets increases significantly, with mortgage rates in the market falling by an average of 8 bps. Read More

Freddie Mac Announces a $464 Million NPL Sale

The loans were divided among four pools. Three were sold to VRMTG ACQ, a minority- and woman-owned business. Read More

Freddie’s Multifamily Selling Spree Continues

Freddie prices its first sustainability K-deal, a $535 million transaction. Read More

Twelve Charged in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

A federal prosecutor in Georgia has charged 12 individuals in connection with a multiyear scheme to defraud Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read More

Ahead of Delta, GSEs Confirm Disaster Relief Options

Freddie told homeowners that, in addition to the traditional disaster relief options provided by the GSEs, they may be eligible for relief through COVID-related forbearance programs. Read More

Inside The GSEs

October 9, 2020

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Nonbanks and Smaller Firms Growing GSE Market Share

MBA Says First the Backstop, Then the Exit

FHFA Gets an Earful at Capital Rule ‘Listening Sessions’

Fannie CRT Yields New Understanding of Forbearance

How to Reduce Interest Rates? Join an FHLBank

Freddie Mac Announces a $464 Million NPL Sale

Freddie’s Multifamily Selling Spree Continues

Twelve Charged in Mortgage Fraud Scheme

Ahead of Delta, GSEs Confirm Disaster Relief Options

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Inside The GSEs

October 9, 2020

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As homeowner equity continues to build, more and more lenders are launching home equity lending products. Are you thinking of joining this market?